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Williams got into his car and took off the wig he was wearing. For a while this was how he had gone about his day, pretending to be someone else, not that it was hard for him, he had done it a lot of times. It was just that this time it was strangely bothersome and soon he would have to find a solution to his problems.Enron had been one of the most visionary and intelligent things he had thought up, a stock market and it went as planned only just to get tricky towards the end, what with all the officials breathing down his neck.He thought of leaving the country but he was not done here, something told him that his compass was finally pointing to his one true paradise. He still had to make it big, huge.He had done a series of other scams and fraud in other countries and places in general and none of these had given him any issue. He just picked up a new identity each time and when anyone tried to trace it, they just got led to a totally innocent person-oops- or someone dead in best
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Treat Griswold got up early and got ready to leave for work, not that he felt rested or any better. He had a slamming headache plus the fact that he couldn’t fall asleep and the emptiness of the house seemed to scream at him. And so in all of his restless state,he had a fire of determination burning in him and he hoped to do whatever it takes to get his family back to him.All was well planned out and he had begun to feel a little better, the thought of seeing his wife and daughter very soon cheered him but when he got to the office he got a shock that hit as hard as a roundhouse slap.He had gone into Mr. Price’s office only to find it empty and he didn’t seem to find him anywhere around and so he decided to ask the workers there if any of them had seen him.“Do you know where's Mr. Price is at?” Treat asked a guy who was part of the shooting crew present.“Why not check his office?” The guy replied.“He's not there.”“Oh! No! I have no idea.”It was Paula who finally gave him an ans
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Treat was driving at top speed, he just landed some half hour ago and he had rented a car.He wasn’t exactly sure where to find Mr. Price and Mr. Ryan but it was past midday already and the only place he could think of them to be in was Mr. Ryan’s office.He kept driving and the first set of people he saw just about to step into the company building were Mr. Price and Mr. Ryan.He thought luck was turning to his side again.He parked the car somewhere and then ran up to the two men, not clear about what he was going to say when he came face to face with them but he forged ahead all the same.“Mr. Price!” he finally called out and both men swung around.“Treat? What are you doing here?” Mr. Price was surprised and didn’t seem too pleased.“I got to the office today and you were not there and so I got worried and asked everyone. Paula told me you had flown here and I just decided to join you and see to it that everything goes smoothly.”“Oh Treat, you didn’t have to do that, I left on m
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"Sorry? What are you sorry for?” Mr. Price asked him.“The text messages…they have all been me.” he said and for a moment it was all quiet in there.“Just walk him out of here, further questioning would be done in the prison.” Masen said. He was a hard man.“Wait, don’t be too rash. This is someone I have known four a very long time, I need to know why he would want to do something like this after so many years of being devoted to me.” Mr. Price said.“Do not let emotions and time cloud your judgement Price, this man threatened you, your well-being and that of everyone around you.” Mr. Wane cautioned.“No Wane, this is different.” Price said.“Speak up then.” Mr. Wane said to Treat.“It’s my wife and daughter.” Treat said.“Barbara and Berta? What happened to them.” Mr. Price asked, looking a little confused.“They were kidnapped. It would be one week tomorrow and the kidnapper didn’t even want ransom. He just wanted a name.” Treat said, looking around at all the faces in the room.“A
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Treat looked around in fear and no one said a thing. About a minute or two later, Mr. Price’s phone rang.“Yes, you got them?” He asked.“Yes, Sir. We got them… All clear” the man from the other end responded.He got his answers, thanked whoever it was and then hung up.“They’ve got them. Barbara and Berta are fine. But there is a catch.” Mr. Price said.“And what is that?” Masen asked, level-headed.“They couldn’t get the people involved, they had quick intel and guns too and it was too risky to open fire with Barbara and Berta in there. They got away.” Mr. Price said.“That is not much of a problem. If they tried this time, they would try again and we would be sure to get them that time. I am only glad the wife and daughter are both fine.” Mr. Wane said.“Thank you so much everyone and I am so sorry Mr. Price, I feel ashamed of myself.” Treat said and bowed his head.“It is okay, I am only pissed you didn’t tell me in time and I totally understand you had to do what you had to do,
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Williams was already in the cafe waiting for Mr. Sterling. He was sitting somewhere he wouldn’t be exactly noticed and the cameras wouldn’t get much of him.“Cool spot to pick eh?” Mr. Sterling asked him, immediately he found him.“I’d say wise instead.” was the young man’s reply.Mr. Sterling had been surprised to see him at first, he had not been expecting someone so young but he betrayed none of his thought on his face.Morris Huggo was there with him too but he had chosen a corner some ways away from them, far enough to arouse any suspicion they were together but close enough to react fast enough if their anonymous friend decided to pull a fast one.“So what is it you called me out here for? I am a very busy man you know.” Mr. Sterling said. He wasn’t about to get roughed up by a lad probably as old as his own son or a few years older.“Calm down now, I have nothing against you, have a cup of coffee on me and I see you brought a friend with you although I am left wondering why he
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“Well here is how it would go…you get me into the company and then I work for some time, build trust with a lot of people and when the time is right, there is this chip I am going to use in hacking into the Emerald Multisource Corporation’s official security and cash account systems, where all of those money is generated and brought in and then I just mess things up from the inside. Redirect the money inflow to a different holding account and then we can split it up. That easy.” William finished his explanation.“I don’t know a lot about the technology surrounding EMC but I do know that a chip that could do that much potential damage would be detected before it can even fully get into the systems. How do you plan to get around that?” Mr. Sterling asked.“Oh please. Surely you don’t think that the chip I am talking about is just every regular chip? This is the real deal, the chip in question is one of the best ever made, made by yours truly. It is backed by a strong set of codes that m
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Meanwhile, Ellen confessed to James that she had noticed someone trailing her lately. She had kept it to herself because she didn't want James to put himself in danger for her sake.James was furious. "You should have told me," he scolded. "We're in this together, Ellen. I need to know if you're in trouble." "I'm sorry, James. I just didn't want you to worry.”That weekend, they had reported the issue of the attack to the MD of Sky Suites, Mr. Thompson. Unknown to Mr. Thompson, James was the young Master of the Wane family. Mr. Thompson is a middle-aged man with a kind face and a warm smile. He has neatly trimmed hair and wears glasses perched on the bridge of his nose.He sat behind his desk, going through his computer while James and Ellen sat at the opposite end.After waiting for half an hour, it was finally there turn to see the MD and were ushered to Mr. Thompson's office by his assistant, Lauren.The general assistant had urged them that the matter would be resolved but James
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Chapter 418: A secret between us
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